Brucellosis at the animal/ecosystem/human interface at the beginning of the 21st century

Preventive Veterinary Medicine - Tập 102 Số 2 - Trang 118-131 - 2011
Jacques Godfroid1,2, Holger C. Scholz3, Thibault Barbier4, Cécile Nicolas4, Pierre Wattiau5, David Frétin5, Adrian M. Whatmore6, Axel Cloeckaert7, J.M. Blasco8, Ignacio Moriyón9, Claude Saegerman10, John Bwalya Muma11, Sascha Al Dahouk12,13, Heinrich Neubauer14, Jean‐Jacques Letesson4
1Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology (Oslo - Norway)
2Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science (South Africa)
3Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology (Munich - Germany)
4Faculté Universitaire Notre Dame de la Paix (Belgium)
5Sciensano [Bruxelles] (Rue Juliette Wytsman 14 - 1050 Bruxelles - Belgium)
6Veterinary Laboratories Agency (France)
7UR IASP - Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique (INRA 37380 Nouzilly - France)
8Unidad de Sanidad Animal (Spain)
9UNAV - Universidad de Navarra [Pamplona] (University of Navarra / Campus Universitario, Plantas 1-5, 31080 Pamplona, Navarra - Spain)
10Université de Liège (Place du 20-Août, 7 4000 Liège - Belgium)
11University of Zambia, Zambia
12BfR - Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung - Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Berlin - Germany)
13RWTH - Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University (RWTH Aachen Templergraben 55 52062 Aachen (Hausanschrift) 52056 Aachen (Postanschrift) - Germany)
14IBIZ - Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses (Institut für bakterielle Infektionen und Zoonosen Naumburger Str. 96a;07743;Jena - Germany)

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